Apple says that the number of iPhone X pre-orders received are much more than the company expected

Hours after Apple started accepting pre-orders for the Apple iPhone X, the company said that pre-orders are "off the charts," indicating strong demand for the phone. An Apple representative called it the largest pre-order ever for the company, and stated that the number of phones preordered is well ahead of Apple's forecast. As of 3pm EDT today, the Apple web site was indicating that new orders will ship in 5 to 6 weeks. Apple sold out its initial stock of iPhone X units quickly. For weeks, we have heard from several analysts that Apple was having issues manufacturing the tenth anniversary model and that this would result in a huge shortfall of iPhone X models available.

Problems with the production of the iPhone X included deliveries of OLED panels that did not meet Apple's requirements. The model is the first iPhone to feature an OLED panel. In addition, the TrueDepth Camera, which drives the Face ID face recognition system, also was very complicated to build. All together, Apple was reportedly achieving a very low 10% yield on the production of the handset. If true, this meant that 90% of the iPhone X units rolling off of the assembly line failed to meet Apple's strict requirements.

The Apple iPhone X will launch on November 3rd, a week from today. All Apple Stores will open at 8am local time on that date, and each store is expected to have an unknown number of iPhone X units in stock to handle some of the demand from customers hoping to walk-in and purchase the new phone.

Apple is ringing up many more pre-orders for the iPhone X than expected

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posted on Oct 27, 2017, 7:28 PM 7

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I think we expected this as of course things are going to sell out quickly if you don't have enough of the commodity. This is business 101. And well Executed by Apple as it this will drive up the demand considerably. The only thing that is sad is that true genuine Apple users will have to wait as those first batch orders are going to the people who just want to resell on eBay and such.

posted on Oct 27, 2017, 8:05 PM 4

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How many years has Apple had a precedent example to follow? How much excess of pure money does Apple have to throw at manufacturing? And the last couple year numbers have not been out the ballpark like Apple's early years. So now Apple has to do what it does best, marketing. Bring out the old reality distortion field. Make it look like something that isn't.

posted on Oct 28, 2017, 12:54 PM 0

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There are too many samsung nationalists here that will bash on anything not made from their country.
At least Apple choose to maintain their high quality standards and take a huge hit on profit, whereas Samsung would rather max their profits by selling buggy laggy phones as evident from all of their past phones, which can be confirmed by real Samsung owners.

posted on Oct 27, 2017, 3:07 PM 27

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posted on Oct 27, 2017, 3:46 PM 6

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#Butthurt much. Who do you think Apple is? Unlike every vendor Apple actually releases official numbers to wall street. No other hardware phone vendors do that. Apple do not need to drum up interests for the iphone, others do. Besides only others need #flash sales of 1000 phones to drum up interest. Show me a vendor who can move 13 million devices on a launch weekend, at a premium price on top of that.

posted on Oct 27, 2017, 5:38 PM 12

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Moving the goalpost again? The iPhone X and the 8 line will do the same as in previous years, nothing new. You know Apple is not going anywhere and the doomed and gloomed some folks may wish is not going to happen in our lifetime. So move your energy into more productive things than waiting for Apple to fail.

posted on Oct 27, 2017, 7:40 PM 10

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Why are you so upset Apple chose not to release the watch numbers but I don't see you demanding all the oem's who do not realease any numbers at all. Besides, I don't thing Apple is worried about their watch sales numbers, which is more than I can say about android wear. I wonder how that's doing? Apple stopped reporting opening weekend sales numbers last year for your infor. They did release a formal anouncement saying they could not make as many iPhones for their launch weekend as the previous year. Google is your friend.

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posted on Oct 27, 2017, 3:24 PM 0

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Well played. I'm sure you will have no trouble selling all 3. I feel bad enough for the lack of common sense in people paying full retail for a phone with a horrific designed front face but laugh incessantly at anyone that pays even more.

posted on Oct 30, 2017, 7:05 AM 0

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posted on Oct 30, 2017, 8:53 AM 0

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Well, what would you expect Apple to say after the iPhone 8 sales flop ? They put all their eggs into the iPhone X basket, they want to build as much hype as possible. But time will tell, we will find out in 3-4 weeks.